[James Haskins] ☆ Bound for America: The Forced Migration of Africans to the New World [America Book] PDF ð Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB

Included are sections on capturing the slaves, the march to the coast, the selection of slaves for purchase, conditions on slave ships, and slave revolts aboard ship. Between about 1500 and 1850, millions of Africans were captured and transported across the Atlantic in one of the most tragic ordeals in human history. Illuminated with historic print

• Title : Bound for America: The Forced Migration of Africans to the New World
• Author : James Haskins
• Rating : 4.69 (833 Vote)
• Publish : 2016-11-29
• Format : Hardcover
• Pages : 48 Pages
• Asin : 0688102581
• Language : English

Included are sections on capturing the slaves, the march to the coast, the selection of slaves for purchase, conditions on slave ships, and slave revolts aboard ship. Between about 1500 and 1850, millions of Africans were captured and transported across the Atlantic in one of the most tragic ordeals in human history. Illuminated with historic prints, photographs, and Floyd Cooper's compelling paintings. In this objective and profoundly moving book, Haskins and Benson open with discussions of slavery thoughout history and of Europe and Africa at the time the African slave trade began, then closely examine every aspect of the Middle Passage. Timeline, bibliography, map, and index included.

Thanks Joe.. It was satisfactory.. Minus 3 stars for it not standing out from other textbooks.. This book made all these things easy to remember. Useful, in that some of us tend to eat from one or two food groups most of the time (all on the same side of the wheel). Neither as intellectually profound as Social Anthropology Professor Lila Leibowitz's "Females, Males, Families: A Biosocial Perspective" or as engaging and humanizing of a ounce disenfranchized group people that celebrated in author Rita Mae Brown's Rubyfruit Jungle (both of which I was required to read in college by like minded ubber liberals such as Chapkis). The energetic Minister of Munitions is all but gone; Instead, Lloyd George seemed to have replayed his role as secretary of War - more or less a figurehead, while the war is run by the Generals.As an "Easterner", the military strategy pursued by Britain in 1917 was almost the exact opposite of the one Lloyd George advocated. Dangerous Doses is defintely a "must read" book. This series will put you on the edge of your seat so that it you will want to read all three books and with this you will learned as I did

Narrower in scope than Milton Meltzer's The Black Americans (HarperCollins, 1987) and Julius Lester's To Be a Slave (Dial, 1968), it shares their predilection for primary-source narrative. Following on the heels of Haskins's and Benson's African Beginnings (Lothrop, 1998), this volume successfully continues the exploration of the history of people of African descent. . This combination of clear text and judicious use of primary-source material makes crystalline the inhumanity and commercialism that kept the trade in slaves alive for 350 years. An excellent companion to Paula Fox's The Slave Dancer (Dell, 1975), this book will provide ample opportunity for thought and discussion.Ann Welton, Terminal Park Elementary School, Auburn, WACopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Cooper's oil-and-wash paintings are exceptional, their impact resulting larg